, 1887-09-06
WY0MING'S FAIR.
Extensive Preparations For the
Formal Opening To-day.
The Races to be the Best Ever
Seen in This City.
An Excellent Display by Merchants
and Stockmen.

A very busy scene was presented to all
who CHANGED to visit the fair grounds yes
terday. A casual observer would uncon-
%sciously say to himself. that Cheyenne's
enterprising merchants and stockmen were
putting themselves to a deal Of trouble
and expense for the purpose of displaying
to the appreciative people the variety and
quality of their stock in trade. So they
are, but their commendable efforts will be
heartily appreciated by the people, as
they always have been.
One of the chief points of interest,
and one of the busiest places yesterday
was the art hall. This is almost exclu-
sively the ladies exhibition building and
therefore will undoubtedly prove one of
the gchief points of interest. Almost
everything that is beautiful is there to be
found, including a choice collection of
house and garden plants. Fancy and
plain needle work of every description
adorns the walls and counters of the
building. The ihandiworkof the artists is
also here displayed, landscapes, PLAQUES
and bric-a-brac in great ~profusion,
and most excellently executed, adorn the
hall in every conceivable space, and
serve to make this building an especially
interesting place to all who have an eye
to the beautiful DIR. j. Y. Cowhick has
charge OF this department.
The Merchants hall, situated zeal the
art hall, will also prove an interesting de-
partment. All day wagons we're continual
ly plying to and fro from the city to the
grounds, loaded with goods for exhibit
ton, which when placed will show that
the ~enterprising merchants of this city
carry a stock of goods which compares
very favorably, both in variety and
quality, with the houses of large East
ern cities. The exhibits in this hall are
as follows Boots and shoes, Stephen
Bon and j. F. Jenkins; wines, liquors
and cigars, H. Altman and Idelman
Brothers; gents clothing and furnishing
goods, A. Polack and B. Hellman; con-
fectionery, III. FL. Ellis and E. j. Towslee
& Co., staple and fancy groceries, A. d.
Kelley; iewelry, etc. Zehner, Buechner
& Co., and drugs by Geo. w. Hoyt.
This building is quite c%ommodious and
well appointed, and all the occupants are
striving to make a creditable display and
will, no doubt. succeed in doing SO.
The exhibits of farm machinery,
wagons, ETC., were being placed SO as to
show to advantage, by the enterprising
merchants. Draper, Organ & Co., +.
Schweicke rt and Arp & Hammond. The
lower portion of the grand stand has
been reti;ted and is being used for the ex-
hibition of farm products, etc. and will,
as usual, contain a large display of the
country's products and
A visit to the special stables, which
contain the 1.-THE limbed flyers which are
to participate in the races, is a very in
teresting one. Probably never before
has there c~ongregated in this city such a
number of valuable horses. The exhibi-
ton Of thoroughbred aud grade live stock
bids fair to be a great attraction. Among
these the display of thoroughbred horses
by the Post ercheron Horse company is
prominent, containing sixteen imported
Percheron stations, ten imported Per
cherou mares, and two imported French
coach stations. Live stock was c%ontinu-
ally arriving during the afternoon, and a
few, who have been un~accountably de-
layed, will arrive early this morning.